Evaluation of an Infrared Camera for Use in a Gun-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Abstract

A commercially available infrared (IR) camera was evaluated for potential application on the silent operating aerial reconnaissance (SOAR) gun-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (GLUAV). The objective was to provide data to support an IR imaging camera capability for SOAR. Components of a candidate IR camera were subjected to high acceleration shock experiments to predict gun-launch survivability. The experimental results show that the camera in its off-the-shelf condition cannot survive the expected loads that are representative of a zone 4 120-mm mortar launch.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426621

Entities

People

  • John A. Condon
  • Marshal A. Childers

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Aircrafts
  • Cameras
  • Circuit Boards
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Gun Launched
  • Infrared Cameras
  • Materials
  • Photography
  • Printed Circuits
  • Reconnaissance
  • Shock Tests
  • Survivability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs